This is the ninth lecture in the series: “Algorithmic Sustainable Design”, by Nikos A. Salingaros, Professor of Mathematics and Architecture at The University of Texas at San Antonio. All the lectures from a course given in 2008 are available on the Internet. 

ASD 09: Symmetries and Symmetry Breaking (Lecture)

Texts discussed:

  • Christopher Alexander (2001) The Nature of Order, Book 1: The Phenomenon of Life, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, California.
  • Christopher Alexander (2009) “Harmony-Seeking Computations”, Keynote Speech at the International Workshop “The Grand Challenge in Non-Classical Computation”, University of York, UK, April 2005

Further reading: 

  • Nikos Salingaros (2020) “Symmetry gives meaning to architecture”, Symmetry: Culture and Science, special issue on Geometry and Architecture, edited by Vilmos Katona, Vol. 31, No. 3, 231-260. https://journal-scs.symmetry.hu/abstract/?pid=796
An accompanying book contains the revised lecture notes: Algorithmic Sustainable Design — Twelve Lectures on Architecture, Sustasis Press, Portland, Oregon (2010, 2014). (US Edition), (European Edition), and (Asian Edition)